The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-22 00:00:00

the exorbitant price of coal has been maintained. In both these respects the by-laws, of which an analysis will be seen in our report, are a subject of congratulation to the public. The obstructipn given by colliers—frequently through wanton perversity—to the passage of other vessels in the river has long been a subject of complaint. The nuisance had, in fact, attained to such an extent as not only to cause much inconvenience and loss, but frequently to be attended 'kith a sacrifice of human life. Scarcely an accident occurred in the river to which a collier had not by some chance been directly or indirectly an accessary. These by-laws, how ever, by compelling them on entering the river to proceed at once to their station or berth, and not leave it without permission—by limiting the time of their stay—and pre venting their remaining after being discharged —must exer cise a most salutary influence, and tend much to facilitate the navigation of the river, and prevent the recurrence of accidents. Not less important and desirable may the influ ence of these regulations be expected to be in reducing the price of coals, or at least preventing the exactions of mo nopoly. Colliers, by being compelled to unload within a specific time, cannot, as heretofore, remain in the River with their cargoes, to be doled out to the public at what ever price the monopolists may think proper to impose. This regulation, it is to be hoped, will contribute much to the comfort of the poor of the metropolis, and nothing - tends more to the diminution of crime than the increase of the legitimate comforts of the- poor. When we consider how many are driven by the want of a comfortable fireside to wander about the streets, ready in their desperat:on for the commission of any act promising to allay their suffer ings, we consider a cheap and abundant supply of fuel to be one of the great essentials to preserve the morality of the metropolis. For these reasons we have, in the adoption of the new by-laws, abundant reason to compliment the Common Council, and congratulate the public.—Morning Advertiser. It may be expect :-d by our readers that we should say something on the controversy now raging in reference to the refusal of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster to allow the statue of Lord Byron by Thorwaldsen to be erected in Westminster Abbey. It matters not to the real merits of the question, we presume, by whom the sta tue was executed. To us it is, indeed, no recommenda tion that it was the work of a foreigner, even though that foreigner is an artist of deserved celebrity. Talent quite equal to the task of pourtraying even Lord Byron's per son in marble was to be found in his native land, and the admirers of the poet,. who were anxious to render to his memory such honours as sculpture can bestow, would have bad no difficulty in -availing themselves of the services of native genius in this way, if a ray of patriotism had shone upon their path of liberality. We had lately to remark upon upon the proposal of some pseudo patrons of art to have the statue of Nelson executed by a foreigner. Though, as we have said, the circumstance of the statue of Byron being of fo reign workmanship has nothing to do with the question of its non-admission into the Abbey Church of Westminster, yet we have not failed to observe that the name of Thor waldsen has been ostentatiously put forward with the view of aggravating the alleged offence of the ecclesiastical body who have declined to place the statue of the author of " Don Juan" within the holy precincts of a Christian temple. The " illiberality" charged upon the Dean and Chapter of Westminster by their accusers in this matter is an offence which makes " liberalism" naturally enough in dignant ; but that the Christian portion of the British com munity share in that indignation is quite another question. They to whom all religions are a matter of indifference may indulge their liberality without a compromise of their prin ciples ; but their lofty contempt of considerations binding on the consciences of Christian men is only a result of their " emancipation" from all religious obligation. The political faction that shout for the pulling down the Church one day are consistently anxious for the defile ment of that holy temple which they have used their utmost endeavours to subvert. They care little what becomes of Byron's statue, but they make the thing a handle to assail the Church, and vilify its ministers. Genuine democrats have no great veneration for the me mory of Lord Byron. He was an aristocrat, who, though he occasionally degraded a splendid genius to the vulgar drudgery of scoffing at religion and morals, and allowed his fine imagination and sparkling wit to stoop to the grovelling service of an infidel philosophy, yet was hated and vilified by liberals of some literary pretension because he wore the assumed mantle of levelling principles but loosely, and every now and then, neglectful of the grace of democratic regeneration, was apt to take pride in the original sin of a noble birth, and relapse into the lord. Be sides, the poet in hii better moments indulged in senti ments and aspirations too lofty and noble for the selfishness and cold-blooded utilitarian doctrines of modern " liber alism." In his - sublime celebration of the patriotic virtues of the vindicators and martyrs of liberty in classic ages he soared a flight of generous inspiration, which flag vulgar and sordid democratic " philosophy" of the present day could net appreciate or understand. It is therefore the Globe regards him as a very inferior poet, and probably ranks the author of "Don Carlos, a tragedy," far above him. But the Ministerial Journal thought the opportunity ought not to be lost of drawing its leaden shaft behind Lord Byron's statue to assail the guar dians of the Church. That Journal certainly has taken up a very strange ground of accusation against the present Dean and Chapter of Westminster—viz., that former Deans and Chapters admitted the statues of some cele brated men, whose writings or characters were no less objectionable in a religious point of view than that of Lord Byron. Let this be conceded, and what does it amount to ? Is it because the interests of religion or the sanctity of its temples have, in some former in stances, not been vigilantly protected, that therefore the right and duty of exercising a vigilant protection over holy things and holy places by the Guardians of the Chris tian Establishment at the present day should be aban doned ? The argument is, in fact, too absurd for serious comment. We have a higher opinion of the poetic genius of Lord Byron than the Ministerial Journal appears to entertain, though we consider his most popular poem to re flect something very different from glory upon the memory of its author. Whenever a national Pantheon is erected to the memory of England's great men in arts, in literature, and arms, we should like to see the statue of Byron placed there in those of the first of England's poets ; but a Chris tian temple is not the place wherein to erect the statue of sceptic poet or infidel philosopher. He whose living ener gies smote at the immortal hopes, by which Religion opens a communication between Heaven itself and the wilderness of this life, ought not to have his memory consecrated in her sanctuary, or receive his apotheosis in her temples.— Morning Herald. The cool scorn of our present paltry Government which has been displayed by the House of Lords, has filled the servile adherents of the Ministry with rage and anguish. The worst of it is, that spurned and buffeted as Ministers and Ministerial measures have been by the permanent legis lators of the country, they still find it impossible to rouse one spark of sympathy in their favour. The day has gone by for threatening that the House of Lords must be abo lished as an impediment to good and popular government. The servile Ministerialist who should now write a pamphlet demanding of the supposed popular indignation " what should be done with' the Lords ?" would only get laughed at for his pains. The House of Lords, which openly re cords its contempt of the Ministry, and all that is Ministerial, is at this moment far more popular in Great Britain than the " Reformed" House of Com mons, which gives slender majorities to Ministers by means of the trading politicians of England and Scot land, combined with the deputies of the Irish priests. The people of England, however, do not forget that the majority of their representatives are with the House of Lords, in supporting -the national dignity of Old Eng land, and in treating with scornful contempt the miserable manmuvres of a mean and shuffling administration. Find ing it impossible to appeal to anything English against the late determined conduct of the House of Lords, the ser vile Chronicle—that cracked utensil of a crumbling ad ministration—is fain to manufacture a seeming French ma nifesto in favour of its patrons, and aga l inst their con temptuous opponents in the Upper House. A miserable tirade is given to the public in yesterday's number of the utensil, which purports to have been furnished by a Paris correspondent, and which extols the French life-renters of legislative authority at the expense of our House of Peers, which is alleged to differ very exceedingly from that highly honourable assembly which does the business of King Louis Philippe in Paris, under the style and t.;.' of the Chamber of Peers. The very great difference we are to admit, nay more , the very marked contrast perfectly ready between the French and the English House of Peers ; but deeply indeed must he be b . plun , red in the lowest grossness of Ministeridi servility, who would prefer the former, not withstanding' its superior con, convenience as an instrument of the Executive Government. The F rench Upper Chamber is little better than a Cour Royal, where the Judges are appointed by the King, on account of their known readiness to do his will. To treat of such a Chamber, as an inde pendent legislative body is evid ence of the mere s t i gnorance, if it be done in simplicity, and of the most preposterous im pudence, if it be intended as a diversion in favour of the Peer-bescourged administration of Lord Melbourne. There are, no doubt, many respectable people in the French Upper Chamber, who look upon the exercis e of their legis• lative functions as a mere affair of course, the real niture of which, as an instrument of the Royal power, is well un derstood. They are satisfied to take the dignity and pri vileges, such as they are, attached to the situation ; but as to any independence—anything like a substantial exer cise of legislative power—they would themselves be the _first to laug h at the supposition th a t they possessed any 1, such thing: .Yet this is the assembly which the servile -:iestrumentsof an administration pretending to " liberality, 0 ;anda.love of free;dom, would prefer t o our House of Peers. 4-'4 - ! d4llitat is the-character—what the present position of ;;; • ' '-' i ; :;liktes.:474. , rwi. 4 ,4 ~ ;'s . le o our Upper House—whose contempt of the present Go vernment has inflicted upon it so much anguish and hu miliation ? Let us answer the qin•stion from an orgen of ultra-Radicalism, which would overthrow the Hottse of Lords it it could, but which has too tritteh self-respect to imitate the cringing falsehoods of the Government and its dependents. " With the political and personal abasement of the Ministry the augetented ascendancy cf the hereditary House is con nected. The most striking feature in the Parliamentary his tory of the year is the growing power of the Lords. They not only dictate the measures of Government, with the full admission of a Russell, leading the Commons of England, 1 that it were in vain for Ministers and the Commons to con tend against them, but they actually maintain a better position in the country than the House of Commons itself. They are more respected. They have kept the position they took up after the passing of the Reform Act, rendering it s'ronger every Session. They have not bragged, and then crouched; they have not bullied, and then sneaked. They have exe cuted their threats, and vindicated their assumption of superi ority over the Commons by deeds of resolution. With an excess of stupidity or impudence almost inconceivable, some Nlinisterialists have recommended that a cry of Peerage Re form should be got up by the people against the Lords, in re venge for the demolition of the Durham ordinances—as a punishment for their interference to prevent the violation of legal forms, and the estaldishment of arbitrary precedents, where persons accused of State offences arc to be dealt with l Why the Lords—Tories as the majority are—in th's instance have discharged what was once the honoured function of a Whig opposition. There is mu .h encouragement in the present state of public feeling, is there not, to moot the Re form of the Lords ?" Very probably this Radical testimor.y was the moving cause of the quasi foreign display which the stupid and servile Ministerial Journal of yesterday morning attempted. A. more bungling attempt was never made. The public cannot be got to sympathise wittl tliepreference for French formalities of Legislative Governident They will not, how ever, be surprise—knowing what they now do of the sin cerity of Whig professions in favour of free and popu lar Government —that our Ministers should prefer such an Upper Chamber as that of France, to which the Court might dictate, before such an Upper Chamber as that of Great Britain, which treats the Court with respect, yet spurns all attempts at dictation, from any quarter, with contempt. To such Ministers as the Whigs, who have so exceedingly little legitimate influence, and who are destitute of talents or spirit to acquire more, an Upper Chamber like that of Paris would indeed be a great convenience. But as it is the fashion in England, with respect to political mat ters, to consider rather the welfare of the public than the convenience of the Government, there will not be found much disinterested sympathy with the preference of the Whigs for a set of Royal dependents, rather than for an in dependent Aristocracy. The poor paltry nature of the political mind which dictated the Paris correspondence of the Ministerial Journal, may be judged of from some remarks which he is pleased to impart concerning the power of lawyers in the British House of Peers, and their want of power in the French Chambers, both of Peers and of Deputies. As to the British House, we deny that there is any overweening power of lawyers ; but we confess with pride that the law is held in great deference by our heredi tary legislators, and that any infraction of the character of the people's liberties—to wit, the law of the land—is held by them in steady aversion, and certainly of all the Par liamentary doctrine that ever was attempted to be held by any set of men pretending to the name of Englishmen, that is the most loathsome which teaches that if a Gover nor do overstreteh the law a little, it should be allowed to pass sub silentio—that is, that legality or illegality mat ters nothing ! But then we are informed that in France the statesmen who are not lawyers have been " success ful," while those who are lawyers have been " unsuc cessful," and then this success, or non-success, which merely means being in place, or not being in place, is assumed as a positive and certain test of merit. This is excellent well for a thoroughly servile Whig-Radical hack, but we con fess that we do not look upon the circumstance of having received wages for acting as a Minister under King Louis Philippe to be a very conclusive or satisfactory test either of high spirit or of great ability. It is true that Dupin, Berryer, Mauguin, and Barrot, have not been " successful" in the sense of the word which Whig-Radicals seem best to understand—that is, in getting hired, and well paid—but in everything which a man of high honour would regard as success, we regard these men as among the first men in France, and enjoying a position far more to be envied than that of a feeble, submissive Minister, however large his pecuniary compensation may be.—Morning Post. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Aim. 15, 183$. The Queen was this day graciously leased to infest Sir Wil liam Woods, Knt., Garter Principal King of Arms, with the gold chain and badge of that office, and to deliver to him the sceptre of Garter. WHITEHALL, Aun 16. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Cox, of Daventry, in the County of Northampton, Gent., and Henry Corser, of Stourbridge, in the County of Worcester, Gent., to be Masters Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM HARRIS STUCLEY, bookseller, Abergavenny. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS DRIVER and JOHN MOORE, ship-owners, Lon. don, to surrender August. 28 and Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Cour' of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; King, Freeman's. court, Cornhill. JAMES WILLIAM BARRETT, Jun., grocer, Abingdon, Berkshire, Aug. 24 and Oct. 2, at ten, at the Golden Cross Inn, Oxford. Hindmarsh and Son, Crescent, Jewin-street, London. JOSEPH HAIGH, dyer, Meltham, Yorkshire, Sept. 13, at one, and Oct. 2, at two, at the George Hotel, Huddersfield. Atkinson, Huddersfield ; Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery lane, London. JAMES RODGERS, coachbuilder, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester, Aug. 29 and Oct. 2, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Sharp, Staple-inn, London ; Rowley and Taylor, Manchester. MARGARET KEW, victualler, Torrisholme, Lancashire, Sept. 4, and Oct. 2, at twelve, at the Royal Oak Inn, Lancaster. Makinson and Sanders, Temple, London ; Robinson and Dodson, Lancaster. PERCIVAL BEAUTIMENT, builder, Willington, Northum berland, Sept. 11, at eleven, and Oct. 2, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Plumptre, Lamb buildings, Temple, London ; Cram, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. R. S. Skey, carrier, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Sept. 12, at one, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors—W. Ste phenson, woollen-drapar, Leeds, Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds—J. Maybury and Co., iron and tin plate manufac turers, Bilston, Staffordshire, Sept. 11, at eleven, at the New Hotel, Wolverhampton—W. J. P. Jackson, baker, Kidderminster, Wor cestershire, Sept. 14, at eleven, at the Black Horse Inn, Kidder minster—R. G. Clode, wine and spirit merchant, Birmingham, Sept. 18, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—T. Browett, tin plate worker, Northampton, Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Angel Hotel, Northampton—S. and G. Hibbert. cotton doublers and lace manufacturers, D r aycott, Derbyshire, Sept. 22, at eleven, at the New Inn, Derby—S. Flitcroft and T. Musgrove, iron founders, Liverpool, Sept. 17, at three, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpcol— G. N. Hickman and Co., merchants, Birmingham, Sept. 24, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—.W. and H. Worth, linen drapers, Totnes, Devonshire, Oct. 16, at one, at the George Inn Exeter CERTIFICATES, SEPT. 11. W. Pratt, jun., grocer, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—W. Thorn, ironmonger, Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire—J. Stevenson, fur niture broker, Sheffield—W. Henderson, iron master, Westbrom wich, Staffordshire—C. Gapper, currier, Bruton, Somersetshire— Widnell, carpet manufacturer, Kidderminster, Worcestershire— J. Nall, house and sign painter, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lanca shire—W. Sweet, carver and gilder, Chancery-lane—F. Baldey, bookseller, Brighton—J. S. Holdsworth, corn and coal merchant, Lower Edmonton. PARTNERSIIIPS DISSOLVED. W. Lewis ai;di. Bosley, hairdressers, Exeter—J. Nicholls, jun., and T. H. Payne, surgeons, Frome—R. Mealing and J. Spencer, coachbuilders, Lambeth—W. Hulton and F. W. Winn, saddlers, Long-lane,' Smithfield—F. M. Mallalieu and J. Lees, ironmongers. Manchester—T. Howell and W. Knight, builders, Brighton—R. and W. Marshall, tanners, Tweedmouth, Durham--H. Grimshaw and R. Hammond, brewers, Manchester—J. and S. Beak, tailors, Melcombe Regis--H. A. llramley and Co., cotton spinners, Skire holme, York-hire—T. Mildenhall and R. Townley, hairworkers, Oxford-street—R. Jones and R. Ranson, blockmakers, Liverpool-- W. Jackson and T. Chesman, surgeons, Sheffield—J. Coats and H. Brockner. linendrapers, St. John-street—W. Spelman and D. Dunnett, distillers, Earsham, Norfolk—R. and J. Clemesha, gro cers, Burnley, Lancashire—J. Charters and Co., Belfast—lL Brown and Co., Brigus, Newfoundland—F. Tandy and J. Hawks ford, ironmongers , Stourbrid ge —J . H e ll e vvell and H. Mullein , dyers, Salford, Lancashire—J. kinks and G. Taylor, joiners, Liverpool—J. 0. Evans and D. Rees, linendrapers, Liverpool— M. A. Cousins and L. Bannatyne, boarding school mistresses, Greenwich—T. Brown and E. K. Brewer, merchants, Great St. Helens—T. H. Redin and E. H. Gibbs, ohemists, Romford—T. Hampton and Co., coal merchants, Flint—S. Alcock and Co., manufacturers ef earthenware, Cobridge, Staffordshire—S. Alcock and Co., bankers, Burslem, Staffordshire —G. Boyd and A.White, paint manufacturers, Millbank-street—P. Carter and S. Sprod, feather bed manufacturers, Bristol—R. Fisher and T. J. Walker, farmers, Whiston, Yorkshire—T. Mellor and Co., Bahia (so far as regards J. Mellor and J. Ryder)—J. Brown a n d J. Dyson, waste dealers, Bradford. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JOHN ORR, grocer, Kilmarnock, Aug. 24 and Sept 7, at twelve, at the Commercial Inn, Kilmarnock. EXTRAORDINARY WHIRLWIND..OII Wednes day afternoon, while not a breath of air wag strong enough to shake the petals of the smallest floweret, a gust of wind rushed perpendicularly down into the yard behind Colonel Maude's mansion in Stricklandgate, in which tome persons were em ployed in making hay-cocks. The wind circurnvolved one of the largest of them, and carried it off in a body to no less a distance than the Druid's Temple, on the top of Potter Fell, about three-and-a-half miles, as the crow flies. But what is most extraordinary, a hat belonging to one of the labourers happened to be placed on the cock when the wind carried it off, and it was from the circumstance of the hat being dis covered in the same position en the Fell that the strength of of the gust was ascertained.— Country Paper. TUB LAKES.—The delightful district of the lakes is thronged this summer with visitors, lovers of the picturesque and votaries of health. The inns were never known to be so f u ll. Their accommodations have been quite inadequate for the influx. Keswick is the chosen residence, this season, of more than an ordinary number of Cantabs.—KendalMercury. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1838. PRICES OP CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,ece. &C. C. ricei2121134279841 LONDON, TUESDAY, AUG. 21. gtimber Diridend of per CANALS. 116 t Shares. Arittum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 pea cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 97/. 18s. sh. 135 1.082 41. Ashby.de-le-'Louth .. ....... Average llf.l.sh. 65 1,230 Basingstoke lOO/.6h• 5 1,005 9,000 1-16 s h 51.. 91 6s. 13Briercmkinnogchkarafin,d 1 _AI Itl teir, gsahvaerrei n. y... ... .......4 115. 08„: .7s it'l.. 12,0020 sow 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton -.100/. sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater .. ............ 1001. sh. 102 500 481. C iventry 'OOl. sh. 745 4,515 . 2,0601 .41. 03. Dudley lOO/. sh. 83 600 141. Derby 100/. sh. 133 20,000 4 per cent, i)anuoe and Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd 30 3,5751 2/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 77 28l 45/. Erewash 1001.511. 700 1,297 '2il. Forth and Clyde ....... Average 4.001.165. ch. 570 1,600 121. Grand JunctiGn . DIV/. sh. 202 2,8491 11. Grand Union lOO/.sh 25 11,500 Grand Surrey f 3 0,000/. 4!. per cent. GDlto,i(lovpteisotnerahl) Loan ................................. ;h.1.0,a91/l.p 3 496 600 131. 12s. Scl. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721.115035/.41. 223030 749 10r. Grantham 6,233 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. (xi. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh all pd. 10 22i;3947.1 1214. 55.1. KLeene,nl,etani• nddLAi Liverp001......."......... 01.. Average.... ................. .. ........... :hh. 627,051 1,8975451 61/3.1.05. 2.400 10/. " l,emoienemLeicestertoeur tah. h.:14., .i lir. .ep...;..t...h...a...m......p...t...... h A.....,...e... r.....11:00301/i. 1 :fhb, 5... 21,1, 150 101. 500 254, ivl Meltoneisey .Mowbrayhdirwe .1 .. ................................................. 100/ sh. 560 MOO 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 100/.. rt.. 2_oo 247 17/. Neath ........... I Wl.sh. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest A vet.ge about 7/. sh. 104 1,418 12s. 5,669 6/. per cent. 1251 sh. 138 500 8/. Shropshire .... . ... . ........................... . RrieogcehndtaTe(o.r. ....... L0nd0n).............................. sh. 71,611 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 3,71307. 41 4poelr.cent sDtiatirtoorldoackndFwunodrScetosteekr ......................................... sh. 711014 125/. sh. VO 500 9/. Shrewsbury 300 9!. Stourbridge 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791.95. bd. sh. 40 533 15/. Swansea 100/. sh. 250 3,762 U. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...AT 2,60015 h, 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 600 6.149 ..... .... Thames '..nd Medway...Aver. 191.55. lid. sh. 2 1,0005 h./ 161. Warwick a,id Birmingham lOOl. sh 281 1,00016 h. 980 15.. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 2on 6,000 4/.os. Worcestar and Birmingham...Av.7B/.Bs. sh, 79, 5,000 255. Wilts an., Berke .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 23 800 31. Vs yrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 ....... Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 4a 905 ia. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 22 DOCKS. 2,6000& / 3p. c Commercial 'lOOl. sh. 56 1,06515h* East and West India Stock 108 3,239,3101/. 555. p.ct. London Stock 60, Ditto Bonds lol' 2,209 2/. I 9s. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 1031 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 202.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds Mr 10 years lofl 1.500 , .... Deptford I'ier 201. sh. 201. pd 11 BRIDGES. 711:, (72376:022111,,:51) (0041:11 :11 Southwark,lavv 4La. It emrleoro'm' Old Ditto, New, of?! r, cent. 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, 0.1. d. Annuities of 8/. 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 60,0001. N. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 17s Vauxhall .1... :.... 1..1.. I ......... ....Averagei:.A.1.117..6:305110.1:..1:1..2.018:15hi50 54) s°l4B6o3l:s:lllll.:.l,..:shspi)dphhhhh.drd::. 152131 ASSURANCE. COMPANIES. 2,000 31101 Albion ...................... ........bOOl. sh. 50/. pd €0 ~,,, f 5 per cent./ Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. IN/. pd 14 50''''' 1 and 15s. 50,000 fiper cent. Ditto, Marine ..................... 1001. oh. 5/. pd ~,. 24,000 (1 per sh. Atlas 1,200 Ish. 5/. Birmingham fire ................... 5h.551. pd 107 20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire . 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 504 sh, 51. pd 5 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Illedi..al, &c. Life, ICol.sh. 2110 s pd 4 4,00 a 21 10s County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 40 20,000 ss. Eagle ...... . 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 5 „,„, c per cent.! Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 375 001, sh. all pd 22 20/. sh. 2/. pd 1 1,000,0081. 71. per ct. Globe 502,1100122aan'5.1P32e0s ri. cheanl Di European Ditto, NewLII * Stock 1433 '20,000 51* Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 35 10,000 Gs. 6d. Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 51 2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 50/. pd 130 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 101 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine WO/. sh. 8/. pd 23 2,020 31 106 Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 31. Ditto Life. 10,.00 16s. Law Life 79 100/. sh. 10/. pd 254 5Wu 10s. London, Firs '2sl. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 101 3,900 10s. London, Ship 256. sh. 12/. 10s. pd IN 1,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,000 5/, per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 2/. pd 218 s Od 50,000 4!. per cent. Protector Fite 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 17.0 d 2,500 1/. Provident Lice lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 00/. sh. I!. pd 7 639,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 2251 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. 5/. d 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. eh. 51. pd 71 JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,0(10 8 per cent. A grit. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australasia 4O/. sh. 401. pd 62 10000 10 per cent. Bank of Bit mingham sel. sh. 10/. psi 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 161 31,0(10 5 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 201 85,000 5/. London Joint Stock 501. sh. 10/. pd 12 .3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster......... ...... .... ...... lOO/. sh. liOh pd 50 2.5,000 - Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. IA 231 100,000 71 per cent slanehester and Liverpool/ Distri^t 5O/. sh. 151 pd 20 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 100/. sh. 25/. pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of lreland...lool. sh. '251. pd 42 5 O,P 00 National Bank of Ireland ...5./.sh. 171/. pd 16 10,000 b'per cent. National Provincial Eng. ...100/. sh. 351. pd 341 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1103 Od Bath 2Ol. sh. 101. pd 24 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 211 ~,,,,„,., cst.percent.l Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 221 ‘""-' land Bs. Cis. 928 51 los Birmingham 5O/. sh. 96 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2Ol. oh. 36 1,500 3/ lOs Brighton 201 sh. it i 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 201. sh. 181. pd. 9 2,471 41 per cent. Brignton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 8,000 5/. Continental Consolidated 1,000 10/, City of London ...... .... .......1001. sh. all pd 196 1,600 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/, lOs. Equitable 501. pd 30, 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. Pd 20 2,350 R. per cent. Indeendent '3O/. sh. all pd 49 9,000 31. per cent. Phesnix 501. sh. 39/. pd 22 1,000 4/. per cent. Rate1iff......... ................ ...100/. sh. 801. Pd 58 4,000 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461. pd 29 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 5!. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 22 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered ..... • 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 9 860 Yarmouth 20/. sh. IS/. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 251. pd 21 4,434 61. East London lOOl. sh. KO 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 41/. 13s. 4d. sh. 59 2,000 2!, Kent . 100/. sh. 43 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 31.6 1,500 21 10s Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 59 6,486 1/ 15s Mcnchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 87 8,294 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 95 1,360 11 14s York Buikling Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 4O/. pd 52 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,.00 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh.. 15 Pd I( 660 CalcuttaC(Lu;herCommercialecdniHartlepool et sdes t .jenhuradai anmcctl Blackwell aohi Junction gkGuw. rwa ii Easterno r et 7,500 3,000 ClarencevvCountieses tWestern n 12,000501. sh. 2/. pd 8,000 31... p....):1.1...5....c. e... nt . GLHlailtsa an Northnda 1 Selbyao,fi cEngland s t e rin00...5011.0087:1181.1100.2"1112Pdpd1/ . 4f4: 100/. sh. 21 P 4 ( 25/. sh. 71/. pd f 1001„ sh. 95/. p 4 181 13/ Pd 5,1)00 1001. sh 65/. Pd 7( 100/. sh. 1001. pd 10, 8,000.501. sh. 151. pd 9' 10,0014 365:070 1100.ii,e.ri...cc.Fhi cent. IL.ADvnedirtoptnoool and bSrßyi lOOl. sh. 5/. pd wigasahnnhtconahiri,ene asgt et. or. .n.......i ix.. ..50. .1 .. .................................... 17669.!; sQuarternSnde( iBl 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh. 31. Pd , 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. 514. 201. Pd 1, 25,000 0 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. Pd ` 4. 2 London and Southampton '4:11. sh. 501. Pd 20,00 Ditto ditto New 11,000 London and Croydon Trunk 20!. sh. 20/. pd 11 6,1'00 ...... ... Ditto New Scrip 12,000 Loldon Grand Junction 501. sh. 5/. pd 13,000 Manchester and Leeds 10)!. sh. 30/. pd 4' 10,000 M nchester and Birmingham...7o/. sh. 71. pd North Midland 1001. sh. 45/. pd 4 Northeim and Eastern... 1001. sh. 15'. pd , 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3.1. pd 3 18,000 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington 100!. sh. 241 0,000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 2/. pd 6,000 ... ...... York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 12/. pd 11 8,000 4,000 10,000 . MINES. Albion Copper 5!. sh. 31/. pd 12 Alien 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 12 Anglo Mexican, iss. 51 pm.... 1001. sh. all !xi 3 Ditto Subscription "51. pa 4 9,n010 I , . 1. Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 70 10,000 U. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm ..... 35/. sh. ',201. pd 20 6,01 0 Nlacanbas & Cocaes United 251. sh. 21. pd 10 I 1 OW Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 11/4pd (1 10,001) Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 211/. pd 5 10,000 Ditto Scrip 10/ sh 10/. pd 10 20,000 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 511/ pd 91 6,000 British Copper Si. sh. 41/. pd 1 Cata Branca 61/. , d PI Candonga nl. pd 11 11 1 ,000 I 1 Copiapo ...?06.: k 13'. pd 9 5,500 Columbian, iss, 51. pm. 2,850 3!. English 121 Ns. pd 7 0,0(10 General Mining Association...2ol. eh. 161. pd 9 6,1715 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 55g p d 5 3,0110 Polherou Consols ._lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte Unregistered ............... 101 Ditto Loan Notes 1501. pd 160 . United Mexican, Lis. 2pm ....401. sh. all pd ', -, , DA, Scrip Ol Ditto New Scrip 5/ lid 4 West Cork 50/ sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 11. ss. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE WESTERN CIRCUIT. —BRIsroL, Ace. 20. HUCKNIAN V. FIRSIE. This action was brought to recover the amount of a policy of insurance, effected by the plaintiff on the life of his wife for 3001. in the British Commercial Insurance Company. The case was tried twelve months since, when the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff , but a rule for a new trial was afterwards granted, and the only points now left were whether the plaintiff bad concealed from the company the fact of his wife having had delirium tremens and some other disorders, and whether or not Mr. Day was the usual medical attendant of the deceased. After hearing several witnesses on each side during the day, the Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. JUVENILE OFFENDERS' BILL Henry Colson, a lad 13 years of age, was convicted of hay ing robbed his mother of a rug and a curtain. The mother, in reply to questions from the Court, said, that her son had been in several situations, but that it had been impossible, from his conduct, to keep him in them. The boy said he had been to sea, and was sent home again, because he was not sufficiently strong for the work. The Jury accompanied their verdict with a recommendation to mercy. The CHAIRMAN observed, that the boy had before been in the New Prison, on the charge of stealing one of his mother's shawls. The father, it appeared, bad left the mother two years and a half since. A consultation ensued as to what should be done with the prisoner, when The CHAIRMAN said, that he did not think the Magistrates of the county genei ally were aware of the full bearing of a Bill which had been passed during the last Session of Parlia ment. For six or eight months prior to the introduction of the Juvenile Offenders' Bill the Secretary of State had been in the habit of recommending for her Majesty's pardon e.ny lads who were considered to be proper subjects for such an act of Royal clemency, upon the condition that they should be placed in the Children's Friends' Society School. That course, in various instances, had been carried into effective operation ; but the system was defective inasmuch as there was no power to keep the boys in the school. In the Bill, however, to which he had adverted, and he must say that he regarded that Bill as one of the very best and most important of the Session, the defect had been remedied, and a Magistrate now had the power, on hearing the charge, to commit the offender for three months with hard labour. Then her Majesty had the power to revoke the sentence, and the child would be sent to one of the schools. The operation of the Bill would comprehend summary convictions before a Magistrate, so that a Justice would be able to get a young child into the Children's Friends' School, or some other insti tution of a like character, without, as at present, the necessity of his being sent to that Court. The sentence on the boy was deferred until the adjournment day, for the purpose of making inquiries, and considering the course that should be pursued respecting him. The CHAIRMAN expressed considerable astonishment at this shees and singing merrily. When seized he became almost statement, upon which I frantic ; but, when shown the counterfeit coin which Duke had Mr. Rorrers said, that be had not himself known such a by this time taken from the place in the exact condition already case, but he had received good information on the point. described, he called out, " I'm sold—l'm sold," and became The CHAIRMAN said it never could have been done, for the dreadfully convulsed. The officers by this time felt convinced Lords Commissioners were no t p ossessed of the power to stop that something was wrong, and having recovered the poor the judicial proceedings of a public court. There must hare fellow, and allayed his fears, they listened to what be had tosay been a mistake. The fact was this, that where a penalty upon tt e subject, when it appeared that for a length of time had been inflicted on a party, the Lords Commission , rs had he had been persecuted by sonic neighbours in various ways. the power to direct thA any proceedings wh i c h had been in- but fortunatel y had invariabl y defeated them ; and he supposed stituted for its recovery should be stayed ; but that where the that within a few days some one of the gang had during its ab party charged bad been indicted f;r a misdemeanour, then no sence gained access to his room, the door of which he never such power was vested in them. Their power in reality ex- locked, anti; after placing the base metal in the-spot mentioned, tended only to cases where a penalty had been viited on the had given the foration to the M O int. n making further individual. investigation, the o m fficers felt satisfied that it was a conspiracy Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS inquired what the precise nature of to ,'eprive the unfortunate defendant of hi liberty ; Daenett, nd the charge was ? menu , n n the facts of the care to the Mag s istrate, Mr. Mr. Rogers—For an alleged f,lse return, the information th •y expressed their satisfaction at having it in their power to being laid under the provisions of the Corn-laws. he able to prove that the charge against the prisceacr of coin' The Cu/mows—Yes, and under that statute the Lords had in; was totally unfounded. As wes their duty, they had a power to stay proceedings for the reco ver y of p enalties, but brought the defendant there upon the warrant, but they h o p e, ' in cases where an indictment was preferred for a misdemean- the Maeistrate would not detain him. our they had no such power. That was the distinction. In Mr. BENETT said he was much pleased with the conduct of the latter case they had no jurisdiction wha t e ver. Well, then, the constables, and he theueht with them that it was a vile the prosecutor basing been bound over to p refer a bill, was conspiracy ; he, however, added that he should not dispose of se r ved with the order, to the precise character of which he the case without the attendance of the Mint solicitor, And re had just directed the attention of the bench, whereupon he quested the attendance of the prisoner next Friday. applied to the Court on the subject. The defendant, who seemed delighted beyond description at Mr. Rogers here pointed out to the notice of the Learned his mir;culous deliverance, was then liberated. Chairman that the order ran thus And the Magistrates of the County of Middlesex are hereby directed to stay all further proceedings accordingly." The CHAIRMAN-Yes, I see. Now, you (addressing Mr. Rogers) have done your duty by serving this order on me, and I will thereupon do mine by nut taking any notice of it.— (A laugh.) Mr. Rogers said he bad been informed at the Treasury that such an order had before been issued and acted upon. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be a matter of great diffi culty, if not of absolute impossibility, to show that any Chair man, whether a legal gentleman or not, of those Sessions had acted on such an order. The prosecutor during the day took his bill before the Grand Jury. Q UEEN- S Q UA RE. Edward Haycock, 134 A, and Edward Evans, 59 A, were yesterday charged under the 3d of William IV., cap. 19, with miscolduot as police constables. The (use was of an extraordinary nature , and there Were several members of the police force and others in attendanc e to hear the result It involved an important question whethcv a statement ought to be received against a person in custody" in the absence of the accused. John Byers, the common informer, stated the circumstance s under •Nhich he was taken in charge by Evans, on Thursday eveni ndefehg, aving been accused of picking a pn's pocket. In ' defence it was stated that the Constable Evans was called by the stranger, who said that when he left a cigar-shop jus t before, he had',put his purse, containing five sovereigns, into his coat pocket, and that he had his pocket picked while coming up the':Strand. He then pointed Byers out as party who 'hatj robbed him ; and, on being asked if he was' certain, repeated it. He then took Byers into custody. It was alleged as a reason for going into the private room tha t Byers was much excited, and that the stranger was frightene d and shook like a leaf. They disclaimed any interference 13 putting the stranger through the offices at Scotland-yard int° Whitehall-place, and said it was a little boy, the son of tbe oflicekeeper, who did it, because Byers's friends, who Wer e following, annoyed and intimidated the gentleman. Mr. Bearata.—Did you search Byers? Evans—Ne, your Worihip, I did not. Mr. Burtant.r.—Did the person ref 'lse to press the clusje at the watchhouse ? The acting insi actor No. 14 said that the stranger gave 4 up. He said he might be mistaken in the person. Mr. BURRELL thought the police had been guilty of a. grea t emission in not searching a person charged with felony. B ut it did not occur to him that they had been guilty of any lois" conduct. The charge made against Byers was one o f the most malicious, atrocious, and abominable that he had eve r met with. There was not the slightest imputation upon W I relative to the alleged robbery ; but he (the Magistrate) re peated that he could see no act on the part of the police that called for punishment. _ . The defendants were accordingly discharged. Byers said that he had not walked at all during that night; he had but just alighted from his gig when the charge Wag made against him. CRIMINAL COURT-TUESDAY. OLD CO UR T. John Ebbs, a middle-aged man, described in the calendar as a carpenter, but having the appearance of an agricultural labourer, was indicted for stealing a black bag, containing a bunch of keys and upwards of 1 71. in gold and silver, the pro perty of Mr. John Sheppard. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that the prosecutor and his wife were in their carriage at Lee Races, and when driving along the course the prisoner was observed by a gentleman of the name of Wallis to jump up behind the carriage and snatch the bag, with which he ran off; he was pursued, and upon being apprehended he threw the bag and contents on the ground. - Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner, and called several witn , .sses, who gave him an excellent cha- racter. Verdict Guilty, but with a recommendation to mercy. William Miller and Charles Ross were indicted for steal ing a cask of oil, the property of Sir Charles Price and others, their masters. Mr. Payne prosecuted, Mr. Clarkson defended the pri soner Miller, and Mr. Chambers appeared for Ross. It appeared that Miller was in the employ of the prosecutors as master cooper, and Ross as journeyman. On the 27th of July the gate-keeper at Scobel's wharf, where a quantity of oil had been landed, saw Miller roll a cask of oil out of the wharf, which was afterwards put upon a truck by him and Ross. Information was given to the police. Henry Smith, a labourer, stated, that he met Miller in Stoney-lane, Tooley-street, who told him that if he would take the truck and oil to his (Miller's) house, he would give him a glass of ale. On going down Tooley-street the pri soner Ross went up to him and desired him to take the oil back again. A policeman came up at the moment, and took them both into custody. After hearing speeches from the Learned Counsel on be half of the prisoners, the Jury found Miller Guilty, and ac quitted Ross. John Kinq, a lad sixteen years of age, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing, on the 10th May, several shawls, handkerchiefs, and numerous other articles, the property of his master, George Lowe ; and Sarah King, his mother, also pleaded guilty to receiving the same, know ing them to be stolen. The prosecutor stated that he was a linendraper, and the male prisoner was in his employ ; he had missed goods to the amount of between 301. and 401. The COURT intimated that the male prisoner would be sent to a ship, and the female would be transported. The offence was a very serious one. James Warwick, a man of very respectable appearance, aged 40, was indicted for stealing a cart, of the value of 151., the property of Mr. Samuel Jutsum. Alfred S. Nash, a youth residing in Castle-street, White chapel, stated that on the morning of Sunday, the 22d July, he got up about five o'clock for the purpose of going to bathe. He went into an adjoining street to call up a companion, and on returning through Castle-street saw a cart standing close by his residence, which was not there when he left a few mi nutes previously. He and his companion looked into the cart and there observed a chisel, a steel spring, and a sliding board. The name of " Samuel Jutsum, butcher, 64, Ald gate High-street," was painted on the back. They soon after wards saw the prisoner and another man come from 'Whitecha pel and move the cart away. Mr. CHAMBERS addressed the Jury on behalf of the pri soner, and contended that the cart was not found on the pre mises of the prisoner, any more than on the premises of the other persons keeping trucks in the same shed, and before they could pronounce a verdict of guilty it must be clearly proved that the prisoner was engaged in removing the cart from the premises of Mr. Jutsum, as well as removing it from Castle-street. With respect to the removal of the cart from the prosecutor's premises, no evidence whatever had been given ; and with regard to the removal from Castle-street, the prisoner's defence was, that he was not a party concerned, in asmuch as he was at home and in bed at the time the trans action took place. He should prove these facts by several re spectable witnesses, and he had no doubt that the prisoner would have the benefit of their verdict. He then called three witnesses. Several other persons also were called, who gave the prisoner an excellent character. Mr. CLARKSON replied, and The COMMON- SERGEANT having summed up, The Jury, after some hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, in which the prose cutor also joined. The COMMON- SERGEANNT said, in consequence of the re commendation of the Jury and the prosecutor, the prisoner would not be sent out of the country, though his case had been much aggravated by the defence set up—a defence which he thought no person could believe. The prisoner in the most solemn manner asserted his in nocence. Henry Milberry, a simple-looking country youth, was charged upon three indictments with stealing-1. A bed, bed tick, sundry knives and forks, and divers other articles, the property of the Guardians of the Poor of the parish of Lam beth; 2. a workbox, a pair of ear-rings, and other articles, the property of Robert White ; and, 3, a watch of the value of 31., the property of William Maltwood. To the two first in dictments the prisoner pleaded Guilty, but to the third be denied his guilt. It appeared that the prisoner had fallen in love with a young girl, and matrimony was talked about ; and wishing to furnish a domicile for his intended, he stole the articles for that purpose. A watch, however, not being considered very necessary to the furnishing of a house, he pleaded Not Guilty to that charge. The COMMON-SERGEANT said he would take time to con. sider whether he would put him upon his trial for the latter offence. The remainder of the day was occupied with trials on charges of stealing from the person; and in almost every case the delinquents did not exceed the age of sixteen years. They were sentenced to transportation, with the understanding that they would be sent to a ship. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, AUG. 2 The Sessions for the county commenced yesterday at Hick's-hall, Clerkenwell-green. The Grand Jury having been sworn, were shortly addressed by the Learned Chairman. A number of cases of pot-stealing and picking pockets were disposed of without either one of the charges presenting any feature of novelty. ALLEGED FALSE RETURNS OF WHEAT.—In the course of the morning a gentleman having made an application to the Court, which was not generally heard. The CHAIRMAN said, that this was an application by a pro secutor, a person of the name of Murray, who had been bound over by the Magistrates to prosecute a person of the name of Thomas Wright for a misdemeanour, for having made false returns in respect to particular quantities of wheat which he had purchased. The ground of the present application was, that the party might not be called on to go on with the pro ceedings, and thereby prosecute the defendant ; and the rea son on which that application was made was, that he had re ceived a copy of what was denominated in the papers before the Court an order of the Lords Commissioners—the Com missioners of the Board of Trade in Council assembled, to stay all proceedings against the defendant for the said offence or for penalties, and then went on to direct to the effect that no indictment should be preferred. Now, that Council had no more authority to make such an order as the one he had re ferred to, than they had to make certain others which it was not at that moment necessary for him to mention. The Lords Commissioners in Council, it was perfectly true, in a case where a Magistrate had inflicted a penalty on a party for not having made a proper retui n, bad the power of remitting such fine or penalty. Of that there was no doubt; but it was at the same time equally clear that they possessed no legal power whatever to interpose an order where an indictment was pending, and say thereby that all further proceedings should be stayed. Such a step would be to arrest the due progress of justice. He entertained the greatest re spect for the Lords Commissioners and the Council, but inasmuch as they had no legal auth orit y or power to adopt this step, he should decline to act upon and to carry o ut their order by staying the proceedings. N ot onl y had the o rder been illegally issued, but the solicitor for the defendante did not even condescend or deem it necessary to c!nne d and apply to the Court for the arrest o f the proceed was done ings. Inn stead of that course having been adopted, all that which the "or was to tend a letter by the twopenny ost in p oss ible that the Court der" was fully set out. It w as could pay any attention to such imp couldan order. In the first place, the order itself was illegal, and in the next there was no evidence that it was a c orrect copy of an order by the Lords of the Council. The Court could not, even though he Lords Commission ers had possessed the legal right to t make the order, act upon an unauthenticated copy. There ought to have been, at all events, an affidavit from the solici tor stating that it was a true copy of the order. With regard to the prosecutor, be had nothing to do bet at once to go be fore the Grand Jury and prefer his bill of indictment against the riefandant. Mr. Mills, a Magistrate, said, that at the present moment it was of the highest importance, especially when it was con sidered in how particular and peculiar a position affairs stood in regard to the supply and price of corn, that the matter should be properly understood and treated, because it was impossible to say to how great an extent the six weeks' averages might be affected were false returns to be made. It was, as he had said, of the first consideration, because no one could tell the in. jury which might be sustained throughout all parts of the country. No one could for a moment contemplate the preju dicial effects to which a system of false returns might lead. The CHAIRMAN then directed the prosecutor to go before the Grand Jury with his bill. At a later period of' the day, Mr. Rogers (the defendant's solicitor) appeared, and in reply to a question from the Chairman, said that he had known of a similar order having been acted upon. 1 1 ,000 S A C T E . c L r a'tnN.LaE d US C . O mpa n • • 21..: 15121 1 . 001. s7h5.8:1111)d ?2 9 0i 1,000 ......... London, with Bronze Ticket R KA u tiin is gt e r, l . l ricultural....loo/. sh. ° 2C ls : Bl g l 4 l l l / . .... s pd Pd p h i 1,500 l C ia o n lle A g g e London University 7 70 0 ...... 5 .. 5 ... 10,000 10,000 til per coot. Canada Company 6,000 4/. per cent. British .200,000 5/. per cent. (;, U n p e p ra e i r s C t a ca n n a:a Na Lo vi a g n a ....... ... . ......... City Bonds, 4 per cent . 9:1 .......... 100 Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 London Corn. Sale Rooms ............... Av. 75/. oh. 19 8 ......... Camtchouc Company 251. sh. 12i/. p.l N.ttional Loan Fui.d 500,00 . ......... bs - pd 20,000 101.111;e(irse.ent. . New Brunswick Land Company 2,751 51. per colt. Reversionary interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/ . pc , 1 31 2,6:3:3 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 704 pd 4,0' 0 ......... Thamess. Tunnel 501. sh, all pit 9-- 10,000 6 s . Van Die den's Land 11)0/. sh. 17/. Pd 6 11 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' JULY 2, 1838. 144 ICES, BANKS. 1,500,00 . 1 t. O 1 p. Gt. E.7,r , -ct Scoti.:nd SI/. 6s Stl. sh, all pd 2,W3,0";;!. 5-) p. et. 11 , of Sect - laud 100/. sh. all pd amolu. Pp. et. 8r.1,41 Linr,nCoinpv.ny 1001. sh. all pd 3,000,0ec1. hi. p. ct. Cominerci -,1 .5001. sh. 100/. pd 5)0,,A,.. .-. . ct. tiEtional . .................. ....100/.sh. 101. !id 2,000,0n01. 61. p.a. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. ",d 1,000,41 t 0/. 4p. et. 'Western at Scotland ' , MI. sh 304 c' p INSURANCE COMPANIES. 25' .0011sli 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 11, N I 100/. sh. 10/. p d - ,500 6/ p. ct. Hercules 10x,000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland 200/. ....101. sh. all pd 50,000 6p. ct. N orth British sh. 10/. pd 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 104 pd 5,000 op. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 104 pd 100,000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/, pd M ISC Ii:LLAN Ell US 4,810 ... ..... Edin. ,nil Was. Un. Cana1...50/. ch. all pd Ditto Allocated .961. sh. all pd 5,100 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.... 25/. sh. all lid Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 1,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/. sh 384 , ) d 10,060 3 per cent. Edinbu r g h & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 18/. ` pd 4,5(10 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 4,450 10 pe: cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 750 7.1 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all p(1 '..24 0 . 100 1 ) 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Cotopanywv,sl,l3h44lll, )601. 275. 131 13q 81 15s. 1910: 14/10s RECOVERY OF TENEMENTS. A Bill of considerable importance to the owners of sol i ! tenements received the Royal assent on Friday night wee'' The object of this Act is to provide a more cheap and OM; mary mode of recovering possessio n o f t enemen t s belowt b annual value of 201. The following are the principal pro visions : . _ " That from and after the passing of this Act, when and O soon as the term or interest of the tenant of any house, 7 e ; or other corporeal hereditaments held by him at will, or any term of years, either without being liable to the payinena of any rent, or at a rent under the payment of 201. a year, a° upon which no fine shall have been reserved or made par‘ b ' e ' shall have ended, or shall have been duly determined by us legal notice to quit or otherwise, and such tenants, or (if s °. tenant do not actually occupy the premises, or only occuPY part thereof) any person by whom the same or any part there; shall be then actually occupied, shall neglect or refuse to quit and deliver up possession of the premises, or of such Par, thereof respectively, it shall be lawful for the landlord the said premises, or his agent, to cause the person °° neglecting or refusing to quit and deliver up possessio to be served (in the manner hereinafter mentioned) with. is written notice, in the form set forth in the schedule to trio Act, signed by the said landlord or his agent, of his intentio, to proceed to recover possession under the authority an , a _ according ta the mode prescribed in this Act ; and if . t no n tenant or occupier shall not thereupon appear at the and place appointed, to show, to the satisfaction of ' l°s tices hereinafter mentioned, reasonable cause why P° sses. Act, session should not be given under the p rov i s i ons o f this and shall still neglect or refuse to deli ver up posse ssion of t he premises, or of such part thereof of whi c h h e i s t h en in possessi o l i : to such landlord or his agent, it sh a ll b e l aw f u l f o r such lanria lord or agent to give to the J us ti ces proof of the holding , °n of the end or othe r d e t erm i nat i on o f t h e tenancy, with the timo or manner th ereo f, and where the title of the landlord has acct.!'e, vince the l et ti ng o f t h e prem i ses , t h e r i g h t b y w hi c h he chat. the possession, and upon proof of service of the notice, and f,„ the neglect or refusal of the tenant or occupier, as the case 13 '7, t be, it sh a ll b e l aw f u l f or t h e J ust i ces act i ng f or the distr ic division, or place within which the said premises, or any Pn_ r thereof, shall b e s it uate , i n P e t t y S ess i ons assem bled, or au j g two of them, t o i ssue a warrant un d er th e i r h an ds and s ,e n to the constabl es an d peace-officers of the district or ace within which the sa id premises, or any part of them, shall . o situate, commanding them, within a period to be the re at named, not less than twenty-one nor more than thirty days from the date of such warrant, to enter (by force if n ee b ful) into the premise s an d give possession of the same to see b landlord or agent : provide always, that entry upon any stic o r warrant shall not be made on a Sunday, Good Pride'', o f Christmas Day, or at any time except between the 110 1 n nine in the morn i ng and four in the afternoon ; provided a's": that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to protect °ilt person on whose application and to whom any such wa rra nt shall be granted, from any action which may be broub n t against him by an y suc h t enant or occup i er, f or or i n reall - c i of such entry and t a ki ng p ossess i on , w h ere suc h p er son q e not, at the time of granting the same, lawful right to possession of the same premises." t he The third clause of the Bill provides a mode of staying be execution of the warrant, in case the tenant shall dispute the right of the landlord to recover possession. The tenant is o. ter in a bond with two sufficient sureties, to sue the lan d f - of without delay, as a trespasser for obtaining the warra nt be possession, and to pay any costs to which the landlord illaY o entitled in ca se h e s h ou ld o bt a i n a ver di c t ; a nd the exec t l t e o of the warrant is to be stayed until such action shall have 'j o g tried, or otherwis e d e t erm i ne d. By th e provisions for & Y oe , security for costs, a ll mere vexa ti ou s litigation will be e fi rs t tually prevented. Th e Bill, as will be seen from the the clauses given above, contains a schedule of forms, to vvilie b owners of property intending to avail themselves of the P r-- visions of the Act must pay particular attention. On Monday last, two children, one nine and o°4 o her two years old, who were bitten by a dog, saPr s ,, to be rabid, were " dipped" under the Newport Bridge , as a." infallible remedy against hydrophobia. — Merlin SIGNET RINGS.—A great Variety of these Usefu l and Fashionable RINGS, are kept for Selection, with Cornelia's' Amethyst, Topaz, and other Real Stones, suitable for engravid; Armorial bearings may be referred to, or found, gratis, and c am s engraved by an Artist of great talent, at T. COX SAVORY n ' Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47 , Cornhill, Loud° (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). B I TH S. At 15, Dorz.et.terrael., Clapham.road, on the 16th inst., 111•5• Cunningham, of a 3on. of On the 18th inst., at Colobrook-row, Mrs. Edward Hitiheoc. a daughter. On the 18th Mrs. Wm. Smyth Forsaith, of a daughter. , gar On the 19th inst., at Highgate, the lady of W. S. Wa ked Esq., of a son. At Camberwell, on the 20th inst., the wife of R. Spence, of a daughter. MARRIED. isti ° At Brussels, on the 18th inst., at the British Embassy. Innes Falconar, on ly son o f J o h n F a l conar , E sq ., British '-'°° at. Leghorn, to Phoebe, only daughter of R. Nicholson, 1354. ' Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square. On the 15th inst., at St. Martin's, Leicester, John Parlier'rrhol• solicitor, Worcester, to Charlotte, daughter of the late 11r. White, of Banbury. On the 20th inst., at St. Giles's, Cripplegate, the Rev. Vivian, D.D., Recte if St. Augustin and St. Faith, Loncl °- . its --, - -., Hector 01 g__ .m... .• J. _ +, ...- ,•...., s, Mary Rebecca, daughter of Thos. Haden, Esq., o f RidawD D Onerbshire. ge i"- the 20th inst., at Essex-street, Chapel, Theodore G . ir !ler, Esq., of Haucburgh, to Margaret, daughter of ', O chuff, Esq., of Highbury-terrace. D lED. A On the 11th inst., aged 63, Edward Wright, Esq., of E4 bOttin' late of irmingham. ot W e ' On t ß he 18th inst., aged 55, Dr. W. F. Blicke, of Walth an ' s ff stasurgeon, hinst. alf-pay. On the 18th ,at St. Cross, near Winchester . , An n ' wl. re of Mr. Stun t lBth inst., ing, of the at Cr ßlackheath-P rt-,own HotQl, Harrate. ( 1. ovc of On the a Elizabeth Ann, wi R. Sowerv, ESQ., aged . - On the i9th inilt,. in 69 Hunter-street, Mr. William Stevens' of Old Jewry. An the On the 20th i ns t., i n Cl ou d esley-street, Islington, A ' e t;rt in youngest daughter of Mr. Bell, of Bow Church-yard, t„olici her 13th vcar. 1 , ar kee , On the 20th inst., at Brixton, aged 29, Mr. Fran cis of Great Tower -street. ~. .. 13 Iv On the 16th i nst., i n York- b u ildi ngs, N ew -road, aged I" th On`oKeith, Esq. I 7 7 ' the 16th inst., in Cloak-lane, Mr. John Combs, age` Jones At Turnham-green, on the 17th inst., Anne, wife o f Mr , ,of Hoole, of Addle-street, Ahlermanbury. ( la 0 ~,,hter On the 17th i ns t. Eliza, wife of Mr. J. Rob erts, the late M r . C. Wendel, Artichoke 'Tavern, Blackwall.- --rift _.--- --- _ - - Lolnld2o,ns: Strand, aTnid,,Psuub,liisohffied,,,b,yNl‘ol.Ullll2l), O nstr Y an o d l : i N n ? 00 1 1 1 ; e : of Middlesex.—Wednesday, August 22, 1838- BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS Yesterday, Messrs. Tapps and Ayliffe, two of the overseers of the parish of Twickenham, appeared before Colonel Clithe roe, the Rev. Dr. Walmesley, and Mr. B. J. Armstrong, the sitting Magistrates, to support summonses against the Mar quis of Ailsa, Colonel Peel, and Mr. Gostling, for non-pay ment of the amount of poor-rates on their respective proper ties in that parish. The Bench, after hearing Mr. Farnell, a solicitor, who at tended on the part of the defendants, and having heard what Mr. Tapps had to offer on behalf of the parochial authorities, said it was the most sharp practice they had ever heard of. They could not think of sanctioning overseers in summoning parties within three weeks after the making of a rate. The cases must therefore stand adjourned until the next appeal day. They would not allow the summonses. Mr. Farnell accordingly paid Mr. Goatling's rate, and the other cases were postponed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday a strong, healthy-looking man was brought up before the Magistrates by the parish officers of the united pa rishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr, to be passed on an order to Hanwell Lunatic Asylum. The parish surgeon stated that he had been, for a conside rable period of time, in the Workhouse, as a pauper lunatic, and he had performed many acts which left no doubt of his in sanity. Mr. BENETT suggested that he should be questioned on the points upon which he was insane. Surgeon.--Why have you been so long confined? Pri soner—l cannot say. I know that lam not a fit object for a workhouse. Surgeon—Do you recollect having broken up a chair in the workhouse? Prisoner—To be sure I do. Surgeon—Why did you do so ? Prisoner—Because there was no wood, and I wanted to light the fire. I was confined, and wanted something to occupy my mind. I don't see what right you have to keep me in the workhouse, when I could live out of it at my own house ; but you may send me to Han well if you like, or take me back; I can live there as well as anywhere else. I only want lodging and grub.—( A laugh.) Mr. BENETT—I really don't perceive any insanity in his answers ; on the contrary, they appear reasonable. Surgeon—Do you recollect having given your hat away to a man for a glass of wine ? Prisoner —Aye, to be sure Ido ; but there was no madness in that. I had a glass of wine, for which I could not pay, and I left my hat, but let me go and will pay for it now, as I have got the money (pulling out six l pence, and showing it). Surgeon—Why did you give your coat away some time ago? Prisoner (dryly, and winking his eye)—Why, as to giving anything away, I was never in the habit of doing so ; but I don't mean to say that I wouldn't pick anything up that came in my way. Mr. WITHAM—Then you think llanwell a nice pleasant place ? Prisoner—Oh, yes, send me there, it is all the same to me. I ought not to be confined in a workhouse, when I aci able to live out of it. Mr. BENETT—I shall certainly not sign the order for his admission. A Magistrate is only called upon to sign the order when evidence is produced as to the person's insanity. The surgeon contended that his opinion, founded upon cer tain acts, was evidence. Mr. BENETT said that it required the evidence of persons who witnessed his conduct. He did not feel satisfied as to his insanity after the reasonable answers he had given, and the man ner he conducted himself before him that day. Surgeon—What are neto do with him—are we to take him back to the workhouse ? Mr. BENETT-1 make no order ; you must produce evi dence of acts of insanity to justify the signing of the order. Several other lunatics were brought up by the same parish, but the Magistrates concurred that evidence should be pro duced in addition to the opinion of the Surgeon, and the whole of them were taken back to the workhouse. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Alexander Wilkie, sen., and Mary, his wife, and Alexan der Wilkie, jun., were charged with having been jointly con cerned in plundering Mr. Hughes, upholsterer, Piccadilly, of property to a considerable amount. All the prisoners were remanded. Mrs. Harvey, the lady charged by Jane Adams with an as sault, who was to appear at this office at two o'clock to have the case finally decided, not having made her appearance at four o'clock, Mr. Chambers desired Avis the officer to go to her residence in Cambridge-terrace and bring her. Avis accordingly obliged Mrs. Harvey to come to the office, and the circumstances of the charge were stated to Mr. Dyer, the second Magistrate. The girl stated what has already been reported, namely, that, under the influence of unbounded jealousy, her late mis tress (the defendant) had called at her master's house in her carriage, accused her of having been with Mr. Harvey, and finally gave her a blow on the eye. Mrs. Harvey again denied having struck the complainant, and said she was ready to meet the law proceedings. The friend said he believed the whole affair arose out of jealous and vindictive feelings, and the object of Mrs. Harvey was to take away the girl's character, and by that means to de. prive her of the means of getting her bread. The lady was fined 4/. and costs. INFAMOUS CASE.—A man named Abrahams was brought before the Magistrates under the following circumstances : The case recalls to recollection the infamous blood-money system which was exposed a few years ago. The accused, in this instance might have fallen a victim to the horrible snare, but for the praiseworthy conduct of the officers employed in the case. It appeared from the evidence that the Solicitor of the Mint having received information that coining was carried on at the prisoner's house, a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of Edwards, Duke, and Hall, officers of this establishment, who about eight o'clock in the morning, proceeded to the place mentioned to execute it. On their way they met the informer, pursuant to the orders they had obtained from the Mint, and before pointing out the house he told them that in a tin can on a shelf in the prisoner's working room they would find, wrapped up in a piece of brue n paper, four half-crowns and 10 shillings of counterfeit money. On arriving at the residence of the accused they found the door ajar, and immediately walked up stairs to the room they were directed to, in which the prisoner was sitting mending